Blake was arrested on Aug. 10, 2011, based on a criminal complaint that accused him of raping a Mescalero Apache woman three months earlier. On Nov. 16, 2011, Blake was indicted and charged with aggravated sexual assault.

Court records state that Blake drove the victim to a secluded field behind the Pena Housing area on the Mescalero Reservation on May 13, 2011, and sexually assaulted her. He pled guilty to the indictment in May of 2012. The court record indicated Blake admitted he met the woman at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino. He said he left the resort with the victim and later drove her to the secluded field where he forcefully sexually assaulted her.

Following his prison term, Blake will serve five years of supervised release. He will also have to register as a sex offender.

Blake has been in federal custody since being arrested.

The case, prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's office in Las Cruces, had been investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services, Mescalero Agency.